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Oceanography
The scientific studies of the ocean.
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seiche
Earth science; Oceanography
An oscillation of a fluid body in response to a disturbing force having the same frequency as the natural frequency of the fluid system. Tides are now considered to be seiches induced primarily by ...
meteorological tide
Earth science; Oceanography
Annual or semi-annual changes in sea level due to shifts in prevailing winds or seasonal changes in water temperature; distinguish from atmospheric tide.
North Equatorial current
Earth science; Oceanography
Any of several currents driven by the northeast trade winds blowing over the tropical oceans of the Northern Hemisphere. In the Atlantic ocean, it flows west between the equatorial countercurrent ...
south equatorial current
Earth science; Oceanography
Any of several ocean currents driven by the southeast trade winds flowing over the tropical oceans of the Southern Hemisphere. In the Atlantic Ocean it flows westward between the equator and 20 ...
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